Pratt’s location in Brooklyn, and New York City at large, sits at the heart of creative explosion—and Pratt people are part of the fabric of this place. This special issue of Prattfolio, the magazine of Pratt Institute, is a tribute to the ways we engage with our city in our work, create communities here, and dwell in its magic.
Activating an Archive of Black Life in Brooklyn
Pratt Faculty and Students Collaborate with the Weeksville Community on an Oral History Project to Shape the Future
A Gift to New York When New York Could Use It
Pratt Institute Professor Signe Nielsen, Landscape Architect of Little Island, Joins Fellow Experts in Conversation About Hudson River Park’s Inspired New Addition
Local Network
Pratt Alumni Shape a Connected, Creative Brooklyn, and Beyond
Letter from the President
This issue is a tribute to the ways we engage with our city in our work, create communities here, and dwell in its magic.
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Literary City
Off the page, and beyond the screen, Pratt writers find community in NYC’s reading scene. -
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Revisited: From the Studio of Writing Professor Samantha Hunt
Looking back at a 2017 visit to the writing studio of Professor Samantha Hunt, in the Hudson Valley village of Tivoli. -
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The People Make the Place
Pratt alumni artists based in New York City and the metro area present work at recent and ongoing group shows across the boroughs. -
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Nurturing NYC
Public works by Pratt alumni care for and celebrate New Yorkers -
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Inside Our City of Industry
Manufacturing in New York City through the Lens of a Pratt Student, Photographed for the Pratt Center’s Made in NYC Initiative -
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New York Diary
Life at Pratt, Straight from Students’ Camera Rolls -
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Pratt Institute Living Land Acknowledgment
In November 2021, Pratt proudly announced its Living Land Acknowledgment, and encouraged faculty, staff, and students to honor Lenape people and recognize occupied land by beginning all gatherings with it.
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